Arkansas Resident Encountered Mysterious Creature, Leaving Deep Claw Mark

Greetings, Squatchable readers! We've stumbled upon a chilling video from the YouTube channel Deep Woods Horror, and it's got us all shook up. This video, titled "Scary Park Ranger Stories For a Dark Fall Night | Terrifying DOGMAN Encounters In the Wild | Vol 2," is a must-watch for any Bigfoot enthusiast out there. The video starts off with a chilling tale from Daniel Hargrove, a 39-year-old father of two, who once served overseas. He shares his harrowing encounter with something not of this world, something he can't explain. Daniel recounts an incident that took place in Fagatville, Arkansas, where he was alone in his backyard, washing his car on a summer afternoon. Suddenly, he felt a strange presence, a quiet that wasn't empty, but loaded, like something was watching him. He saw movement behind his shed, something big, low, and fluid. It wasn't a bear, not a man, but something between. He describes it as having long arms, hanging low like a gorilla's shoulders, and legs that bent oddly at the knees. Its snout was long and wet, too defined, and its eyes, two of them, were wide set, high off the ground, and too high. Daniel backs away slowly, careful not to turn. He sees the creature fully for the first time. It's not a bear, not a man, but something between, covered in patches of matted fur, with long arms that hung low like a gorilla's shoulders, hunching forward with unnatural weight. Its legs bent oddly at the knees, backwards almost. Its snout was long, wet like a wolf's but too defined. And those eyes, those eyes were still fixed on him. The creature advances, walking on all fours, but rising slightly now, like it was testing the weight of its stance. Then, with a sudden burst, it leaps. Its body slams against the sliding glass so hard the entire door buckles inward. The glass doesn't shatter, but it bends visibly, and Daniel can see its face right there, pressed to the surface, breathing fog onto it, and it lifts a claw, not a paw, and rakes it slowly down the glass with a screech that sounds like metal on bone. The mark it leaves is deep, too deep. Not something a coyote or a raccoon could have done. No wildlife native to Arkansas made a sound like that or looked at you with that kind of focus. It doesn't snarl, doesn't howl, just stares, rumbles deep in its throat, and then it's gone. Just like that. It turns, melts back into the trees like smoke on the wind. And Daniel just stands there, breathing like he'd run a marathon, feeling sweat pour down the back of his neck, listening to the ringing in his ears and the silence that returns like a door slammed shut. The police show up, look around, find nothing. Could have been a wolf, they say. Maybe a big dog, the other nods. But they don't look at the glass. Don't run their fingers over the groove that Claw left behind. Don't feel what Daniel felt. And they sure as hell didn't have to sleep there. That night, Daniel doesn't sleep. He sits up with his old 45 in his lap, watching the trees sway in the windless dark, listening, waiting, because deep down he knows that thing hadn't wandered in by mistake. It had chosen him, and worse, it was not done. We encourage all our readers to watch the video for themselves. It's a chilling account of a man's encounter with something unknown, something that left an indelible mark on his soul. And who knows, maybe it'll leave an indelible mark on yours too. Until next time, keep your eyes open and your heart ready, Squatchable readers. The woods are watching.